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Miata Road Trip Southeast Asia: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

This post was originally published on December 16, 2015 on Grand Prix Road Trip blog at MyRoadTrip.net // under the title:

MAZDA MX-5: KUALA LUMPUR MIATA OWNERS MEET-UP, MALAYSIAN MX-5 ROAD TRIP

The third and final stop on my Southeast Asia MX-5 Miata Road Trip was in Kuala Lumpur the capital city of Malaysia. Though I’ve visited KL a bunch of times on my previous trips the new dimension on this visit was definitely going to be the Miata owners I was hoping to meet up with. My facebook contact Martin helped organize the meet even though he himself wasn’t able to join due to work and travel plans. But David, my other local contact came thru in a big way. He picked me up from my hotel in Brickfields and gave me a lift to the dinner venue on the outskirts of town.

David did some heavy modding of his 2008 GT PRHT giving an NC1 facelift with NC3 components like the front and rear bumpers, headlights and taillights. A custom exhaust (from the USA he kept saying proudly). Custom interior including some fancy looking leather seats. And many other parts I’m sure were there but I tried hard to take advantage of remaining daylight to take some shots of his car.

We hit the road to make it out of the city in time for dinner. And of course the top went down for the ride.

The Miata sure gets a ton of looks on the streets of Kuala Lumpur, especially one so tastefully done like David’s. Before you know it the darkness set in and as we approached the restaurant I kept on spotting Miata’s parked on the street, so of course I veered off to take as many pictures as I could before they pulled me into the restaurant for dinner.

As usual Malaysian food didn’t disappoint, the spicy fish and all the side dishes were amazing! And of course I was in great company, it was so good to see so many people show up to share in our common hobby and have a very friendly chat about the cars, the travel and the food we were sharing. I was feeling incredibly welcomed.

And from the restaurant some of the folks headed home. It was after all, a busy work week for many. Some had to get up for work early in the morning. While a bunch of us headed back to KL for a night photo shoot with the symbol of Malaysia in the background.

UPDATE:

After my four days volunteering at Sepang International Circuit I got another opportunity to meet up with a few “local” Miata owners. While in Singapore I was hoping to meet an NA owner but unfortunately my flight and his schedules didn’t quite work out. But we tried again in Kuala Lumpur and this time: success! Wei-Ming wanted to give me a few SG Miata stickers. Him and his girlfriend Stephanie organized a nice dinner with me in KL and I got one more chance to take some shots of Wei-Mings car:

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